Acquietandis Plegiis
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A writ of justices, formerly Ijnng for the surety against a creditor who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied. Eeg. Writs, 158; Cowell; Blount.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A writ of justices, formerly lying for the surety against a creditor who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied. Reg. of Writs 158; Cow ell; Blount. ACQUIRE (Lat. ad, for, and queerer e, to seek). To make property one's own. To gain permanently. It is regularly applied to a permanent acquisition. A man is said to obtain or procure a mere temporary acquisition. It has been held to include a taking by devise; Santa Clara Female Academy v. Sullivan, 116 111. 375, 6 N. E. 183, 56 Am. Rep. 776.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A writ of justices, formerly lying for the surety against a creditor who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied. Reg. Writa, 158; Cowell; Blount.